scholarly journals Promise of a green economic recovery post-Covid: trojan horse or turning point?

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oliver Taherzadeh
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Turning Point ◽  
Trojan Horse ◽  
Economic Recovery ◽  
Green Growth

Social media summary A green economic recovery from Covid-19 cannot be built in the image of a pre-Covid era. Green growth must be abandoned.

scholarly journals Greedy Bat Eaters versus Cruel Pig Killers: The Lose-Lose Battle of Divisive Discourse

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 140-185
Author(s):  
Angela Lee
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Turning Point ◽  
Public Debate ◽  
Viral Pathogens ◽  
Animal Advocacy ◽  
Nonhuman Animals ◽  
Wet Market ◽  
Policies And Practices

Unsurprisingly, the circumstances and challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic have generated strong reactions. Among the more notable, Canadian musician and animal activist Bryan Adams made headlines when he went on a tirade on social media denouncing ‘fucking bat eating, wet market animal selling, virus making greedy bastards’ and advocating for veganism. This article uses this incident as a prism through which to examine the values and assumptions informing some of the central debates within the mainstream animal advocacy movement today. Certainly, there is an urgent need for a critical re-evaluation of the policies and practices that have created the conditions in which viral pathogens can spread, especially those relating to our treatment of nonhuman animals (and our relationship with nature more broadly). However, the roots of the problem are fundamentally structural, and not attributable to any one country or culture. The thoughtless use of terms that contribute to a politically charged and rancorous public debate readily descends into a lose-lose battle, which may hinder efforts to address complex and collective concerns in a mutually cooperative manner. If COVID-19 is to represent a turning point towards building a more equitable, sustainable, and resilient world for humans and nonhuman animals alike, the kind of fractioning that is currently being exacerbated by the use of divisive discourse must be eschewed in favour of a greater recognition of our fundamental interconnectedness, including through a more pluralistic understanding of law.

Italy's Renzi will face critical tests before year-end

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Political System ◽  
Turning Point ◽  
Political Leadership ◽  
Economic Recovery ◽  
The Political ◽  
Deep Uncertainty ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Government

Significance This is a crucial step for the government before year-end, together with long-term banking issues and slowing economic recovery. The European Commission has allowed Italy considerable fiscal flexibility; the government promises to start reducing its debt-to-GDP ratio this year. However, the slowdown could delay achieving this goal. Under this scenario, the government has to campaign for the referendum on its Senate reform. A 'yes' vote is key not only for reforming the political system, but the government's survival. Impacts A 'no' outcome would pull Italy into deep uncertainty concerning its political leadership. It would also end Renzi's premiership; a new majority could follow up to the 2018 general election. However, since Renzi is the PD leader, he is unlikely to support a new government; early elections are likely. In case of a 'yes' outcome, Renzi's premiership will be reinforced, marking a turning point to his declining popularity.

scholarly journals E-Electioneering 2007–13: Trends in Online Political Campaigns over Three Elections

2014 ◽  
Vol 152 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jim Macnamara ◽  
Gail Kenning
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Turning Point ◽  
Political Engagement ◽  
Political Campaigns ◽  
Election Campaign ◽  
Democratic Engagement ◽  
Us Presidential Election ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Presidential Election Campaign

Following the 2004 US presidential election campaign, which was described as ‘a critical turning point’ in use of social media, and particularly the 2008 Obama campaign, there has been increasing focus on use of social media for political campaigning and what is termed e-electioneering and e-democracy. However, studies of election campaigns between 2010 and 2012 in a number of countries have identified what Steve Woolgar (2002) calls cyberbole in relation to social media for political engagement. With substantive patterns of change in political communication yet to be identified, a quantitative and qualitative study of social media use in the 2013 Australian federal election campaign was conducted using the same methodology as studies of the 2007 and 2010 campaigns to gain comparative longitudinal data. This identified trends in the volume of e-electioneering and the ways in which social media are being used for political communication and democratic engagement.

Economic Recovery for Tourism Sector Based on Social Media Data Mining

2021 ◽  
pp. 174-180
Author(s):  
Cahyadi Kurniawan ◽  
Achmad Nurmandi ◽  
Isnaini Muallidin ◽  
Danang Kurniawan ◽  
Salahudin
Keyword(s):  
Data Mining ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Economic Recovery ◽  
Social Media Data ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Media Data

scholarly journals The Implementation and Results of the Use of Social Media in the Republic of Georgia

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
George Griffin ◽  
Maia Noniashvili ◽  
Mikheil Batiashvili
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Economic Recovery ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Republic Of Georgia ◽  
Global Presence ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Georgian Population

The Republic of Georgia has begun a transition from old world economics to integrating social media and the Internet to provide a global presence for the country. Research shows that the Georgian people have significantly embraced social media as a means for conducting business and connecting with many countries on a global basis. Internet subscribers have continually increased in numbers; thus the numbers of social media participants has also increased. This paper addresses the history of Georgia, the current status of social media in Georgia, and the future for social media as it permeates the Georgian population. In order to maintain a robust economic recovery, Georgia citizens and businesses must continue to conduct business through social media pathways that will keep Georgia in the global market.

scholarly journals APPLICATION FOR SEARCHING HANGOUT PLACES BASED ON MIDDLE POINT OF PARTICIPANT’S LOCATION (MEEDLE)

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aprillia Kusumawardhani Pannita ◽  
Nur Hadisukmana
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Business Process ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Turning Point ◽  
Simple Problem ◽  
Simple Application ◽  
Simple Task ◽  
Middle Point ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
The People

The lifestyle of the current year’s people is very different with the lifestyle of the people eight years ago. Start from the booming of Facebook as social media. It changes the ways of communicating. Those can be said that is the turning point of the digital era, from then the people are educated to share everything online and from those sharing it creates the opportunity to gather information that also affecting the change of conventional business process. Just one simple application can change the lifestyle of million people. From then, many other mobile application has help the simple task in our life.This work that developed an application named, Application for Searching Hangout Places Based on Middle Point of Participant’s Location ( MEEDLE ), will discuss the development of solving the simple problem of searching and deciding hangout place based on the data that internet shared. This application will give the user ease and effectiveness while using.

scholarly journals The flow of social media on the subject of the scottish referendum and the catalonian sovereignty consultation

1970 ◽  
Vol 01 (021) ◽  
pp. 193-227
Author(s):  
Casandra López Marcos
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Turning Point ◽  
Social Space ◽  
Media Exposure ◽  
Digital Environment ◽  
Political Processes ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Media Systems

Since the origin of the Internet in the late 60’s with ARPAnet (Gromov, 1995; Braman, 2011; and Lukasik, 2011), this digital environment gradually started to gain social space. However it was with the appearance of social media -such as Facebook and Twitter- when it was truly a turning point (Carrera et al., 2012; Casero Ripollés, 2013; Farrel, 2013; Kietzman et al., 2011; Masip et al., 2010; Pérez-Latre, 2011).In the last few years, has been widely discussed how the emergence of social media and its subsequent profound evolutions have served to dramatically widen the range of journalistic practices (Benevuto et al., 2009; Canavilhas, 2011; Chadwick, 2011; Del Fresno et al., 2014; Domingo, 2006; Elola, 2010; Feenstra and Casero-Ripollés, 2012; Gallagher, 2014; Kerrigan and Graham, 2010; Lee and Ma, 2012; Meyer, 2012; Schulz, 2004; Waters et al. 2010; Wilson, 2008).However, what has not been demonstrated is to what extent Facebook and Twitter –the most popular social media platforms– have impacted among political processes and also how media outlets have dealt with this.In order to determine it, a comparative study-review has been carried out which deals with journalism and social media during two political processes which underwent intense media exposure: the Scottish Referendum (September, 2014) and the Catalonian Sovereignty Consultation (November, 2014).Through a literature review in this research the main features of both political processes (Scottish and Catalonian) are going to be explained: what happened in Scotland and in Catalonia; how the behaviour of the audience was and what they searched for on social media; the flow of messages on Twitter and Facebook and how the media outlets dealt with those events on social media and finally, what are the political media systems upon which Catalonia and Scotland are based.

Business Model Canvas dan Social Media Marketing untuk Meningkatkan Kapasitas Pengusaha Mikro di Kabupaten Pangkep

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 150-156
Author(s):  
Anugrayani Bustamin
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Turning Point ◽  
Social Media Marketing ◽  
Business Model Canvas

Pengabdian masyarakat telah dilakukan untuk meningkatkan kinerja dan kapasitas Kelompok Tani Pelita Desa di Kabupaten Pangkep. Kelompok Tani Pelita Desa merupakan sebuah kelompok pengusaha jeruk “Pamelo” di Desa Attangsalo, Kecamatan Ma’rang, Kabupaten Pangkep. Pada kegiatan sosialisasi ini dihadiri oleh 15 peserta yang tergabung dalam kelompok Tani Pelita Desa dan beberapa tokoh masyarakat juga turut hadir berpartisipasi. Hasil analisis situasi dan kondisi didapatkan beberapa masalah yang sedang dihadapi Kelompok Tani Pelita Desa, yaitu usaha yang sedang berjalan belum melewati proses analisis bisnis, tidak dimanfaatkannya marketing sosial media, dan branding masih sederhana. Sehingga dalam kegiatan pengabdian ini dilakukan pengenalan Business Model Canvas (BMC) dengan melakukan penjabaran usaha dalam bentuk sederhana tetapi cukup efektif untuk melihat secara holistik suatu startup maupun bisnis. Selanjutnya juga dilakukan pengenalan social media marketing untuk mendukung kelompok usaha, meningkatkan kinerja untuk dapat berkelanjutan dan berkembang lebih baik. Hal ini dianggap perlu untuk menjadi turning point bagi kelompok usaha dalam meningkatkan usaha untuk kemajuan dan menghadapi era globalisasi.

Two stories: the emergence of the Vietnamese social media

2018 ◽  
Vol 168 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viet T. Le
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
General Information ◽  
Trojan Horse ◽  
The State ◽  
State Agencies ◽  
Public Discussion ◽  
Innovative Tool ◽  
The Voice

Should social media be constructed as a Trojan horse (as its detractors fear) or the Flame of Prometheus (as its proponents argue)? Social media take-up in Vietnam arouses both hope and scepticism, and becomes an innovative tool for critical matters. This article examines the blogosphere in Vietnam through a comparative study of the Vietnamese blogosphere and state media. The research found that while state media operate as a voice of the agents of the state, social media provide a means to capture the voice of the community and to participate in public discussion through commentary to posts, as well as a platform for those who want to speak out. As a result, there is a tension between the reporting of general information and the voice of state agencies in state media. The ‘two stories’ that emerge in some political and social issues are told through different approaches and perspectives.

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